Essays 361 - 390
This essay presents a scenario in which the writer is presumed to be the major of a city who is confronted with a problematic situ...
of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...
he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...
readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...
that most of her time was spent in some form of entertaining or conversation with one person or another. From this perspective t...
constant throughout history. The Prologue features the much-married Dame Alice, who is a shrewd manipulator of men who unabashed...
world, in which society is restructuring itself after the devastation of the war - a devastation which T, at least, seems to feel ...
told that Death took his life. Quite in the drunken state they vow to find Death and to make him pay. They find directions to wh...
told with the simple vocabulary and simple sentences of a young child, often fusing ungrammatical language and childrens slang tha...
from the former Le Dynasty, which explains why Nguyen Du was unwilling to join the new government" (The Tale of Kieu: Vietnams Epi...
what anyone tells him at face value, though as the story wears on a touch of skepticism begins to creep in. Especially when he spe...
tragic reality. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully, if not the most powerfully, tragic individual ...
in order to be educated at a missionary school since her British uncle runs the school. What happens as a result is that Tambu co...
Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...
indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...
but more than that he is dedicated to God in his heart. The Parson is an example of a man who lives in accordance with what he pr...
of some moral message in the end. Through danger the characters are made stronger, and they are developed more powerfully, truly p...
how so many consumers have come to think of shopping and accumulating things as something of a hobby, even a passion. People ident...
possible, but have not been invented yet. This will sound strange, because science itself is just getting started, but really, all...
of cheating going on. There are people who lie to get what they want, people who have sex outside of their marriage, and ultimatel...
they may be actively attempting to simply present some facts and remain objective. But, even in remaining objective there will be ...
to indicate that the students are not gaining a positive education in life through learning how to be moralistic or ethical in the...
was coming, and that was the main thing. For Robbie MacDonald, it was the only thing. Robbie and Sheila had grown up together, an...
the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...
French fabliaux, which provide the source material on which many of the tales are based. Essentially, Chaucer use of gardens sugge...
his needs" (Atwood 8). Atwood obviously feared the emerging strength of the religious far-right and saw in its rejection of rights...
mother," and thinks only of her, marries her and promises to love her for all eternity, then his soul will flow into hers (Gold). ...
she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...
help her and rid the shore of rocks if he can make love to her. Aurelius love is a courtly love in many respects. He has loved her...
The Chaucer we envisage here might regard this tale as valuable for its religious elements, for its depiction of a valiant woman w...